,,,,~††¤¤¶ ¶¤¤††~,,,,
,~~†%¤#### ####¤%†~~,
,~~†††%### ###%†††~~,
,~~†%¤###@ @###¤%†~~,
,~~†%¤#¶## ##¶#¤%†~~,
,,,,,~††¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤††~,,,,,
,~~†%¤#¶@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@¶#¤%†~~,
,,,,~~††%# ~ ~ ~ ~ elves live in the land ~ ~ ~ ~ #%††~~,,,,
,,,,,~~%#¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ beyond the great dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶#%~~,,,,,
,,,,~~†¤¶@ ~ it was built in the late sixties. ~ @¶¤†~~,,,,
,~~†%¤#¶@# ~ ~ ~ the elves came to us then. ~ ~ ~ #@¶#¤%†~~,
,~~†††%##@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @##%†††~~,
,~~~††%### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###%††~~~,
,,,,,~†%## they were very manipulative, and we ##%†~,,,,,
,~~†%¤#¶@# came to trust them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ us #@¶#¤%†~~,
,,,,~†††%# kids would play down at the water even #%†††~,,,,
,~~%¤#¶@## though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@¶#¤%~~,
,,,,,~†¤#@ ~ ~ sometimes the sluice would close @#¤†~,,,,,
,,,~~~%%#@ entirely, and the river at the dams @#%%~~~,,,
,~~†%¤#¶¶@ foot would dry up, revealing the rocky @¶¶#¤%†~~,
,,~~~%¤#¶@ water garden that had been hidden @¶#¤%~~~,,
,~~†%¤#¶@# beneath, and we would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ #@¶#¤%†~~,
,,,,,~†¤#@ ~ ~ ~ ~ before the dam opened again, @#¤†~,,,,,
,~~†%#¶@## there would be a signal, but the elves ##@¶#%†~~,
,,,~~~†¤¤# would make us not hear it, and suddenly #¤¤†~~~,,,
,~~†%¤#¶@# we would find the water rising, already #@¶#¤%†~~,
,~~†%¤#@## at our knees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#¤%†~~,
,,,,,,,~%# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #%~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~%#@ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ @#%~,,,,,,
,~~†%¤#¶@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@¶#¤%†~~,
,,,,,~†¤¤¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¤¤†~,,,,,
,,,,~%¤¤#¶ ¶#¤¤%~,,,,
,~~†%%¤¤#¶ ¶#¤¤%%†~~,
,~~†%¤#¶@@ @@¶#¤%†~~,
,,,~~†¤¤## ##¤¤†~~,,,
,,,~~†¤¤¶@ @¶¤¤†~~,,,